shadow/man/login.defs.d/SUB_GID_COUNT.xml
Nicolas François 3bdf723bab Improve documentation.
* man/login.defs.d/SUB_GID_COUNT.xml: Document that the behavior
	of useradd and newusers depends on the existence of /etc/subgid.
	* man/login.defs.d/SUB_UID_COUNT.xml: Likewise for /etc/subuid.
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<varlistentry condition="subids">
<term><option>SUB_GID_MIN</option> (number)</term>
<term><option>SUB_GID_MAX</option> (number)</term>
<term><option>SUB_GID_COUNT</option> (number)</term>
<listitem>
<para>
If <filename>/etc/subuid</filename> exists, the commands
<command>useradd</command> and <command>newusers</command> allocate
<option>SUB_GID_COUNT</option> unused group IDs from the range
<option>SUB_GID_MIN</option> to <option>SUB_GID_MAX</option> for each
new user.
</para>
<para>
The default values for <option>SUB_GID_MAX</option>,
<option>SUB_GID_MIN</option>, <option>SUB_GID_COUNT</option>
are respectively 100000, 600100000 and 10000.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>